Town comparison · Clonmel vs Roscrea

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Clonmel or Roscrea?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Clonmel, Co. South Tipperary · E91 · 16,383 people | Roscrea, Co. North Tipperary · E53 · 5,139 people

Clonmel is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Roscrea’s 1, with 1 level.

Clonmel leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Roscrea leads on
affordability
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Clonmel aheadlevel or not comparableRoscrea ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClonmelRoscrea
iClonmel sits in E91, Roscrea in E53. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

Outlines are each town’s CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

Clonmel
Roscrea

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

16,383
Population
5,139

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€270k
Median sale pricelower is better
€225k
Roscrea leads
€190k – €317k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€155k – €280k
525
Sales (24m)
198
+13.6%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
15.4%
New-build share
19.2%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

8 prim · 4 sec
Schools
4 prim · 1 sec
Clonmel leads
Clonmel · 12 schools (largest first)
Ardscoil Na Mbráithre Secondary
700 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
473 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
467 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Central Technical Institute, Clonmel Secondary
316 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Sn Mhuire Na Naingeal Primary
392 pupils · Catholic
Powerstown N S Primary
334 pupils · Catholic
St Oliver Plunketts Ns Primary
311 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Chluain Meala Primary
291 pupils · Catholic
St Peter And Paul Primary
291 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Presentation Primary School Primary
274 pupils · Catholic
St Marys N S Primary
213 pupils · Catholic
St Marys Parochial School Primary
26 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Roscrea · 5 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré Secondary
595 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Iosef Naofa Primary
299 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sacred Heart Primary School Primary
173 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Johns Primary
163 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Roscrea N S No 2 Primary
28 pupils · Church Of Ireland
21
Creches
6
Clonmel leads
N/A
GP practices
1
12
Pharmacies
5
Clonmel leads
2
Hospitals
0
Clonmel leads
68
Bus stops
6
Clonmel leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
21
Gyms & leisure
8
Clonmel leads
6
Parks & playgrounds
5
Clonmel leads
51
Sports pitches
18
Clonmel leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

19
Restaurants
5
Clonmel leads
26
Cafés
3
Clonmel leads
31
Pubs & bars
15
Clonmel leads
21
Takeaways
13
Clonmel leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Roscrea leads
3
Cinema & theatre
0
Clonmel leads
164
Residents per venuelower is better
139
Roscrea leads

Clonmel is a large town and Roscrea is a small town, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the residents-per-venue row instead.

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

11
Supermarkets
5
Clonmel leads
10
Convenience shops
6
Clonmel leads
8
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Clonmel leads
5
Banks
4
Clonmel leads
2
Post offices
1
Clonmel leads
29
Hairdressers
10
Clonmel leads
8
Dentists
4
Clonmel leads
1
Vets
4
Roscrea leads
11
Filling stations
5
Clonmel leads
8
EV charging
3
Clonmel leads
6
Library & community centre
3
Clonmel leads
165
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
105
Roscrea leads

Commute by car

TOWN · from centre

Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.

49m · ~65 rush
Waterfordlower is better
95m · ~110 rush
Clonmel leads
74m · ~90 rush
Limericklower is better
53m · ~70 rush
Roscrea leads
72m · ~95 rush
Corklower is better
115m · ~135 rush
Clonmel leads
136m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
98m · ~135 rush
Roscrea leads
145m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
98m · ~120 rush
Roscrea leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-12.1
Clonmel leads
Clonmel · 8 EDs, poorest → richest
-18Clonmel West UrbanVery disadvantaged
-12Clonmel West UrbanDisadvantaged
-7Clonmel East UrbanBelow average
-2Clonmel RuralBelow average
-2InishlounaghtBelow average
-2Clonmel East UrbanBelow average
+2Clonmel RuralAbove average
+2InishlounaghtAbove average
Roscrea · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-13RoscreaDisadvantaged
-11RoscreaDisadvantaged
31.2%
Third-level educated
21.5%
Clonmel leads
30.0%
Professional class
22.8%
Clonmel leads
13.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.3%
Clonmel leads
63.2%
Owner-occupier
60.0%
Clonmel leads
21.7%
Private rental
20.6%
12.1%
Social housing (LA)
15.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E91 / E53

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Clonmel → E91, Roscrea → E53); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

65/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Roscrea leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E91 / E53) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

ClonmelRoscreaOverall (avg)
Safety65566656
Affordability99100
Infrastructure8887
Family7280
Education2932
Environment6474
Economic4635
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#50
National ranklower is better
#35
Roscrea leads
#5
County ranklower is better
#2
Roscrea leads
56/100
Safety
56/100
64.9
Crime / 1,000
64.9

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index, published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town’s poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Clonmel Below average-6.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonmel West Urban -18 (least affluent) → Inishlounaght +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Roscrea Disadvantaged-12.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Roscrea -13 (least affluent) → Roscrea -11 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town’s Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Tipperary), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 88 CSO Small Areas.

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